At around 10 am, the accused—Omar Sheikh, Sheikh Adil, Salman Saquib and Fahad Naseem—begin to walk to the makeshift court. Some 2,500 prisoners, locked in their cells, wave at the quartet. Soon their slogans rend the air in solidarity.
At 10.30 am, Justice Shah calls out Omar Sheikh's name, asking him to stand. He reads out the verdict: it's a death sentence. Omar smiles at the judge and sits down. Justice Shah names other accused, one by one sentencing them to life imprisonment. When he leaves the court, Sheikh Adil's...

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